Corner guard or protector for trunks.



No. 774,575. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

' W. G. FOWLER.

CORNER GUARD OR PROTECTOR FOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 19o 4.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CORNER GUARD OR PROTECTORFOR TRUNKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,575, dated November 8, 1904. Application filed May 19, 1904:. Seiial No. 208,755. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILKIE GEEELEY FOW LER, commercial traveler, of the city of Winnipeg, in the county of Selkirk, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner Guards or Protectors for Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corner guards, protectors, or bumpers for trunks; and the object of the invention is to devise a simple and eificient device of this class which will have a maximum resiliency, so as to prevent the jar of a trunk when being throwfi down in a corner from breaking or otherwise fracturing the trunk; and it consists, essentially, of a bracket having three branches to extend diagonally over the top corner and the adjacent side corners, an interior resilient filling of rubber or other suitable resilient material held Within the aforesaid bracket, as hereinaftermore particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view of a corner of a trunk provided with my improved protector. Fig. 2 is a substantially sectional plan.

in the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the bracket, composed of three branches A A and A, secured at their ends to the trunk and extending outwardly at an acute angle from the sides thereof and ending in a projecting portion A, having a central openmg a.

B is a resilient filling which extends th roughout the inside of the bracket and also has a projecting portion 6, which extends out through the opening a at the corner of the bracket. Said portion 6 is of the same diameter as the opening, and consequently when the pressure is exerted against it it will recede into the opening and not have any tendency to cut, crack, or break.

C represents nail screw-bolts or other suitable fastening devices which extend through the branches of the bracket into the sides and top of the truck, such nails extending through the resilient filling, as indicated.

.It will noW be seen that on'account of the projection 6 being of rubber a maximum resiliency is provided, as such rubber extends right through the interior of the bracket and the resiliency extends, therefore, all underneath the bracket and no matter where the trunk may be struck on the corner the filling will yield to a maximum extent.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination with the hollow bracket having branches to extend over the top and sides at the corner of atrunk, said branches extending outwardly at an angle to said top and sides and a central projecting portion having an opening therein, of a filling of resilient material, such as rubber extending underneath the bracket and throughout the same and having a projecting portion extending through the opening beyond the projections of the bracket, said projecting portion being of the same diameter as the opening and a fastening device for holding the branches of the bracket to the trunk as and for the purpose specified.

VVILKIE GREELEY FOl/VLER.

Witnesses:

W. L. WAINES, RICHARD B. BENNETT. 

